Persona Name: Ankou
Persona Type: Initial Persona
Persona's Arcana: Death
Owner: Cecil Erinforth
Persona Appearance: - Ankou:
Dressed in ragged red robes and a wide-brimmed hat, Ankou is a gaunt, skeletal figure of ephemeral form carrying an upturned scythe. His skin looks as if stretched far too thin, his hands are sharpened claws of bone, and if you look carefully, you can literally see right through him.
Under the shadows cast under his hat, all that can be properly seen of his eyes are a pair of little white pinpricks, cast on the world is if watching. Waiting.
Persona Background: Death's henchman. The graveyard watcher. The Ankou has a couple of titles to it. An Ankou is the lingering spirit of the last man to die in a year, tasked with guarding the graveyard, as well as the guidance, protection, and collection of the lost souls within his lands. There are many Ankous, each bound to a different space. And come the end of the year, each of them are finally released from their duties, permitted then to pass onto the afterlife as a new generation of Ankous take their place.
Strengths: Strike, Dark
Weaknesses: Pierce, Light
Passive Boosts: Dark-based skills receive a latent 15% boost.
Persona Skill List: ((Skill List can be found
here. Your skills grow in order, meaning you must unlock Skill 4 to get to Skill 5 and so on.))
Skill 1: Hack & Slash | Inflicts a small amount of Slash damage twice to one enemy. | 8% HP | Tier 1
Skill 2: Mamudo | 20% chance of instant death from the power of Darkness to all enemies. | 12 SP | Tier 1
Skill 3: Stagnant Air | Increases all allies' and enemies' susceptibility to ailments and light/dark spells by 20% for three turns. | 5 SP | Tier 1
Skill 4: Dark Arts | Moderate physical slash damage with a 20% chance of instant death through Mudo to a single opponent. | 16% HP | Tier 2 (Unlocked once forming your first Social Link or using your Persona 15 times in PvS combat; Must be Tier 2 Skill or Lower)
Skill 5: Mudo Boost | Increases success rate of Dark magic by 25% | Passive | Tier 2 (Must have used your Persona an additional 25 times in PvS combat or completed 2 Missions; Must be a Tier 2 Skill or Lower)
Skill 6: Recarm | Revives one fallen ally with 50% HP. | 20 SP | Tier 2 (Unlocked once using your Persona an additional 25 times in PvS combat or having formed three rank three or more social links; Must be a Tier 2 Skill or Lower)
Skill 7: Mamudoon | 40% chance of instant death from the power of Darkness to all enemies. | 24 SP | Tier 2 (Unlocked once using your Persona an additional 25 times in combat or formed 2 rank 5 social links; Must be a Tier 2 Skill or Lower)
Skill 8: Deathbound | Inflicts a large amount of Slash damage with 20% odds of Critical to all enemies. | 18% HP | Tier 3 (Unlocked using your Persona 30 times in PvS combat or maxing a single Social Link; Must be a Tier 3 Skill or Lower)Fusion Attack: (The Ultimate attack between you and your Persona. When using this, your Persona gifts you with the capability of performing a powerful attack. However, once this is done you can not summon your Persona again for the remainder of the topic. The attack does Tier 3 amount of damage. If you're an Anti-Shadow Suppression Weapon this technique is replaced by your Orgia Mode. For more details on Orgia Mode, refer to the
Character Types screen under Vital Information.)
Fusion Attack Name: Graveyard Conscription
Persona Name: Ankou
Type of Damage: Dark
Description: Headstones and grave dirt coat the area, and and Ankou appears nearby, riding a cart full of dead bodies. Spikes of bone emerge to impale the target, before Cecil takes Ankou's scythe in hand and cuts the target straight through with it. The bone spikes retreat into the ground, and if they died, the Ankou comes and collects the target's body. Ankou then drives off, with the enemy's corpse on his cart if they died.
Inflicts a large amount of damage 2 times to a single target, followed by a 20% chance of instant death to the target. (Instant Kill chance is unmodified, and can be boosted.)
Soul Skill Name: Reaping Arms
Persona Name: Ankou
Tier: Tier 1
Cost: 6 SP
Type of Damage: N/A
Description: The target's weapon becomes a ghostly version of its normal form, enhancing its power and changing its effect on those struck by it.
Target's DEX attacks deal Dark damage instead of their normal damage type for the duration of the effect. Lasts for 3 turns.